Definition of doping
:the use of a substance (such as an anabolic steroid or erythropoietin) or technique (such as blood doping) to illegally improve athletic performance
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Examples of doping in a Sentence
increased efforts to detect doping at the Olympic Games
Recent Examples of doping from the Web
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The USTA awarded a wild-card invitation to Sharapova, who is ranked 147th after returning from a 15-month doping suspension in April.
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Trouble across the globe The Rio Olympic scandal actually started as an international investigation into alleged Russian doping and corruption among leaders of the International Association of Athletics Federations.
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And after years of being hounded by suspicions of doping — never proven and always denied — nothing phases him.
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Filmmaker Bryan Fogel set out to make a gonzo documentary about doping—and ended up unearthing the largest, most unbelievable sports scandal in recent memory.
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Sharapova, 30, made a comeback from a 15-month doping suspension in April, but missed the grass-court season this summer due to a thigh injury.
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Both Armstrong and Landis have had their titles stripped due to allegations of doping.
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Folks like Victor Conte, the mastermind of the BALCO doping scandal that swept Bonds into its vortex, predicted exactly this.
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One multi-time major champ (Maria Sharapova) has been idled by a doping suspension and then injury.
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First Known Use of doping
1900
DOPING Defined for English Language Learners
doping
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Definition of doping for English Language Learners
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: the illegal use of a drug (such as a steroid) to improve an athlete's performance
Medical Dictionary
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medical Definition of doping
:the use of a substance (such as an anabolic steroid or erythropoietin) or technique (such as blood doping) to improve athletic performance and that is typically banned in competitive sports
- … nearly two dozen athletes … have been banned from the Olympics in the last two weeks for doping violations.
- —Philip Hersh, The Chicago Tribune, 8 Aug. 2008
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